China Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Columbia River just below Castlegar, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°13'10"N, 117°40'48"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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China Creek adopted 2 June 1950 on 82F/4 as the well-established local name, not Poupore Creek as identified on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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To avoid confusion with other "China" creeks, W.S. Drewry, BCLS, renamed this c1892, after Jim Poupore, one of the old time railway contractors; residents continued to call this China Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |